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Gaza: Trapped by the International Order

March 5, 2026 by
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The war in Gaza has given rise to unprecedented protests in the West and divided the international community between nations supporting and condemning Israel. It has also led to countries like South Africa and Nicaragua initiating legal action against Israel that has resulted in equally unprecedented indictments. But despite dividing Western societies and the international order in hitherto unimaginable ways, popular mobilisation against the war remains far greater in Western Europe and North America than elsewhere.[1] It is true that demonstrators in the West are Continue reading →

From a Right of Self-Defence to the Fact of Conquest

June 7, 2025 by
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Peter Hallward[1] This article has been updated by the author with a new post-script, finalized on 17th June.* On 7 October 2023 some arguments began that continue to this day. Did the Hamas-led attack on Israel come out of the blue or was it a response to decades of domination and dispossession? Was it an incomprehensible act of savagery or a long-awaited prison break? A well-timed strike at a complacent oppressor or a counter-productive mistake? Were its intended targets military or civilian or both? Were Continue reading →